Favorite Cities in USA Photo Gallery

In its annual survey, Conde Nast Traveler readers picked the following as their

favorite cities in 2016:

Large Cities Small Cities

1. New York, NY 1. Charleston, SC

2. San Francisco, CA 2. Santa Fe, NM

3. Chicago, IL 3. Park City, UT

4. Boston, MA 4. Aspen, CO

5. New Orleans, LA 5. Savannah, GA

6. Washington, DC 6. Telluride, CO

7. Honolulu, HI

8. Austin, TX

9. Seattle, WA

10. Portland, OR

11. San Diego, CA

12. San Antonio, TX

13. Nashville, TN

14. Denver, CO

15. Philadelphia, PA

7. Sedona, AZ

8. Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA

9. Asheville, NC

10. Newport, RI

11. Napa, CA

12. Taos, NM

13. Laguna Beach, CA

14. Santa Barbara, CA

15. Naples, FL

80.2 All-American Cities

All-America City Awards are presented to 10 U.S. cities each year by the National Civic League (www.ncl.org). Winners can be neighborhoods, towns, villages, cities, counties, and regions. Since the program’s inception in 1949, more than 600 communities have been named All-America Cities.

Calling attention to towns as unique tourist destinations, the National T rust for Historic Preservation (www.nthp.org) selects an annual list of unique and lovingly preserved communities in the United States. The following towns have been designated as Distinctive Destinations:

The National Geographic Society’s Center for Sustainable Destinations (http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/sustainable) lists 30 U.S. destinations among the top 100 historic communities in the world. The list includes only populated communities possessing a historic character and does not include living museums or stand-alone sites. The U.S. destinations of note are as follows: